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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
IBBI notifies the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  Regulations, 2018
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016  is a modern economic legislation. Section 240 of the Code empowers the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  to make regulations subject to the conditions that the regulations:  carry out the provisions of the Code,  are consistent with the Code and the rules made thereunder;  are made by a notification published in the official gazette; and  are laid, as soon as possible, before each House of Parliament for 30 days.
Given the importance of subordinate legislations for the various processes under the Code, it is essential that the IBBI has a structured, robust mechanism, which includes effective engagement with the stakeholders, for making regulations. Section 196   of the Code requires the IBBI to specify mechanisms for issuing regulations, including the conduct of public consultation processes, before notification of regulations. In sync with this philosophy and the statutory requirement, the IBBI notified the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  Regulations, 2018  to govern the process of making regulations and consulting the public .
The Issuing Regulations provide that for the purpose of making or amending any regulations, the IBBI shall upload the following, with the approval of the Governing Board, on its website seeking comments from the public-
- draft of proposed regulations;
- the specific provision of the Code under which the Board proposes regulations;
- a statement of the problem that the proposed regulation seeks to address;
- an economic analysis of the proposed regulations;
- a statement carrying norms advocated by international standard setting agencies and the international best practices, if any, relevant to the proposed regulation;
- the manner of implementation of the proposed regulations; and
- the manner, process and timelines for receiving comments from the public.
The IBBI shall allow at least twenty-one days for public to submit their comments. It shall consider the public comments received and upload the same on its website along with a general statement of its response on the comments, not later than the date of notification of regulations. If the Governing Board decides to approve regulations in a form substantially different from the proposed regulations, it shall repeat the process under the Issuing Regulations. The regulations shall be notified promptly after it is approved by the Governing Board and the date of their enforcement shall ordinarily be after thirty days from the date of notification unless a different date is specified therein.
However, where the IBBI is of the opinion that certain regulations are required to be made or existing regulations are required to be amended urgently, it may make regulations or amend the existing regulations, as the case may be, with the approval of the Governing Board, without following the above process of consultation.
The Issuing Regulations are effective from 22nd October, 2018. These are available at www.mca.gov.in and www.ibbi.gov.in.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Irrigation Schemes for the Benefit of Small and Marginal Farmers
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana  was initiated in 2015 with an aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc. It is an umbrella scheme, consisting of two major components being implemented by this Ministry, namely, Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme , and Har Khet Ko Pani . HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components, being Command Area Development , Surface Minor Irrigation , Repair, Renovation and Restoration  of Water Bodies, and Ground Water  Development component.
In addition, PMKSY also consists of two components being implemented by other Ministries. Per Drop More Crop  component is being implemented by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Watershed Development component  of PMKSY is being implemented by Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development.
Details of central assistance  released /Allocation of funds under AIBP, HKKP PDMC and WDC components of PMKSY during the last five years, and Budget Estimated/Allocation for current year is tabulated below:

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Central Assistance/ Allocation of funds
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2016-17
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2017-18
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2018-19
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2019-20
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2020-21
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2021-22 
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AIBP
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3,307.88
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3,593.61
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2,849.07
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1,738.76
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1,510.04
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HKKP|
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1,001.91
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1,678.13
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1,343.23
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1,217.97
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976.53
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899.00
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PDMC
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1,991.24
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2,819.49
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2,918.38
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2,700.01
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2,562.18
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4000.00
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Watershed Development
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1,471.72
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1,691.81
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1,780.55
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1,472.33
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990.23
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2000.00For AIBP as well as CAD component of HKKP, funding arrangements are being made through Long Term Irrigation Fund  with borrowings from NABARD. Central assistance is released through LTIF as and when eligible proposals are received from States.
PMKSY is under implementation since 2015. The scheme was initially valid till March, 2020, which was later extended till March, 2021. Proposal for its extension for the period 2021-26, has been proposed.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Food Processing Industries,
Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways is making all efforts to ensure availability of essential commodities through its uninterrupted freight services
During the last 4 days, more than 1.6 lacs wagons carried supplies to keep the supply chain functional ; Of these, more than 1 lac wagons carried essential commodities
Essential commodities like food grains, salt, sugar, milk, edible oil, onions, fruits & vegetables, petroleum products, coal, fertilizers etc. are being transported by Indian Railways throughout the country
While the whole country continues to be completely locked down due to the pandemic of Coronavirus, Indian Railways is fully committed to the welfare of the countrymen and is making all efforts to ensure availability of essential commodities through its uninterrupted freight services. During the last 4 days, approximately 1.6 lacs wagons carried supplies to keep the supply chains functional. Of these, more than 1 lac wagons of essential commodities were ferried by Indian Railways to ensure that the nation keeps running and the supply chains keep functioning .
During the situation of lockdown in various States, Indian Railways Staff deployed at various good sheds, stations and control offices is working on 24/7 basis to ensure that the supply of essential items for the nation does not gets affected.
On 23rd March 2020, total 26577 wagons were loaded for essential commodities like food grains, salt, edible oil, sugar, milk, fruits & vegetables, onion, coal and petroleum products . This includes 1168 wagons of foodgrains, 42 wagons of fruits and vegetables, 42 wagons of onions, 42 wagons of sugar, 168 wagons of salt, 20 wagons of milk, 22473 wagons of coal, and 2322 wagons of petroleum products.
On 24th March 2020, total 27742 wagons were loaded for essential commodities. This includes 1444 wagons of foodgrains, 84 wagons of fruits and vegetables, 168 wagons of salt, 15 wagons of milk, 50 tanks of edible oil, 24207 wagons of coal, and 1774 wagons of petroleum products.
On 25th March 2020, total 23097 wagons were loaded for essential commodities. This includes 876 wagons of foodgrains, 42 wagons of sugar, 42 wagons of salt, 15 wagons of milk, 20418 wagons of coal, and 1704 wagons of petroleum products.
On 26th March 2020, total 24009 wagons were loaded for essential commodities. This includes 1417 wagons of foodgrains, 42 wagons of sugar, 42 wagons of salt, 20784 wagons of coal, and 1724 wagons of petroleum products.
Close coordination is being maintained with the State Governments so that rakes of essential commodities are handled smoothly without any delay, amidst various restriction imposed in the wake of Covid-19.
To monitor the uninterrupted movement of essential commodities over Indian Railway system, an emergency freight control is working in the Ministry of Railways. Freight movement is being closely monitored by officials at very senior level.
Indian Railways understands its crucial role during this difficult time and requests all the stakeholders to fully support in ensuring faster loading and unloading of essential supplies.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Legal Metrology Office issued 183 notices to e-commerce entities for violation of mandatory declaration regarding Country of Origin
183 notices served in last 12 months
The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that the Legal Metrology  Rules, 2011 under the Legal Metrology Act 2009 provides, in the case of imported products, for mandatory declaration of country of origin, on the digital and electronic network used for e-commerce transactions. Further, the Legal Metrology Act 2009 provides for penal provisions in case of violations and also authorises the State Governments to take action thereon. The Legal Metrology Office of the Department of Consumer Affairs has issued 183 notices in the last 12 months to e- commerce entities for violation of provisions pertaining to Country of Origin.
Ministry of Culture
National Museum to celebrate International Museum Day2022 at the National Museum, New Delhi, from16th-20th May,2022
Every evening there will be special live performances in the National Museum Auditorium
(On the occasion of the International Museum Day 2022, the National Museum is offering a mixed bag of online and offline activities and events, designed for both young and adults, during the five days.
The exciting line-up of activities include Teachers’ Training Workshop in collaboration with CCRT, Dwarka; Mata Sundari College, Delhi and Indian Culture portal. This would be followed by a one-day Museum Educators’ meet which would see the participation of various central and state government museums across Delhi. The Museum is collaborating with the Heritage Lab, Flow India, Access for All and ‘Heritage for the Educators’ meet. The Educators’ Meet is NM’s pilot initiative, which has been conceptualized with an attempt at bringing government museum educators together on one platform to share and discuss about opportunities, challenges and their achievable solutions.
The National Museum will be open for extended opening hours on May 18, 19 and 20th i.e. from 10: am to 9:00 pm. And keeping this in consideration, the museum has designed gallery walks lead by curators, consultants and senior NM walk leaders, hands-on activities for children and activity counters for walk-in visitors, a special session with NM conservators etc. The museum is also organizing dedicated walks and activities for children representing different NGOs.
Every evening there will be special live performances in the National Museum Auditorium. All performances will start at 7:00 pm each day. The SADHO Band will be performing Sufi Music on May 18th,
Sudha Jagannath and her ofBrihanayika Natryasurabhe will be performing Bharatnatyam on May 19th,
while Shagun Butani and her group from Sudhayaa Dance Foundation would present ABHISAAR,
an Odissi performance compositions from the traditional repertoire of Odissi that find an echo in some of the artefacts at display in the National Museum.
The National Museum offers a unique rendezvous with ideas and experiences for visitors of all age groups, backgrounds and interests, and NM has been working towards creating interest and awareness towards history, and arts among different audiences. International Museum Day is celebrated by museums across the globe on May 18th, with the aim to generate awareness about the significant role of museums in community building, national and international cooperation as well as cultural exchange.
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Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education organizes a webinar on ‘Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: A Pre-requisite to Learning and ECCE’.
Ministry of Education is organizing 9-days webinars on different themes as part of celebration of Shikshak Parv during 5-17 September 2021. The theme for today’s webinar was ‘Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: A Pre-requisite to Learning and ECCE’. Smt Anita Karwal, Secretary , MoE, Shri Maneesh Garg, Joint Secretary ; Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director NCERT and senior officials of the Ministry attended the webinar.
Smt Anita Karwal stated that Foundational Literacy and Numeracy  has been given a lot of emphasis in NEP 2020. She informed that all the states have begun the process of allocating resources for Nipun Bharat, so the discussion on its implementation gains significance. Smt Karwal said that FLN will be spearheaded by teachers so they need to develop a mindset of recognizing the uniqueness of each child, and thus use unique interventions. She urged that administrators, planners, and experts have developed Nipun Bharat guidelines, which may be followed by States.
Shri Maneesh Garg stressed on the importance of FLN in school education. He highlighted that the vision of Nipun Bharat is to create an enabling environment that leads to universalization of FLN to ensure universal acquisition of FLN in primary classes within 5 years so that every child achieves the desired learning competencies in reading, writing and numeracy at the end of Class III. He informed that a five-tier implementation mechanism for Nipun Bharat will be set up at the National, State, District, Block and School level in all states and UTs. All stakeholders will have a specific role in the implementation of the mission targets and measureable key performance indicators will be developed for monitoring of the mission, he added.
Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director NCERT made a presentation on developmental goals and codification of Learning outcomes. He explained the three developmental goals of FLN i.e. children maintain good health and wellbeing; children become effective communicators and children become involved learners and connect with their immediate environment. He elaborated on the underlying competencies under each goal in detail, and explained the codification of the Learning Outcomes under each goal. Further he added that the competencies are age appropriate based on 21st century skills and the learning outcomes are progressive and are in continuum.
NITI Aayog
Plastic-Free Cities & Oceans: A National Policy Dialogue with Cyrill Gutsch, Founder and CEO of “Parley for the Oceans”
In view of thepressing need for combating plastic pollution,NITI Aayog organized a National PolicyDialogue today on “Plastic Free Cities and Oceans” under the Chairmanship of DrRajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, with Mr Cyrill Gutsch, founder and CEO of “Parley for the Oceans”.Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Ministerof Environment, Forest,and Climate Change was the Chief Guest at the dialogue.
On World Environment Day in 2018, the Hon’ble Prime Minister had committed to eliminate 100% single-use plastic by 2022. Since then, India has taken several regulatory interventions, including bans and prohibitions, to attain the set targets.
While congratulating Mr.Gutsch, the Hon’ble minister, MoEF&CC Shri Yadav highlighted the key initiatives of the Ministry for tackling the issue of plastic waste—Plastic Waste Management Rules 2021 and Extended Producer Responsibility .
The dialogue was attended by Mr.Eric Solheim, former Norway minister of environment and international development and former executive director of the UNEP;ambassadors of Japanand Norway;representatives from Denmarkand Sweden;India Country Head, UNEP; and severalsenior officials of relevant ministries. Senior officials of coastal and Ganga-basin states and eminent academics joined virtually.
In his insightful presentation, Mr. Gutsch give highlighted the need for greater participation of large corporates and innovators to achieve results in this area. He put forward the concept of material redesigning for making a clean break from future use of virgin plastics. He shared that he has developed and patented an eco-innovative alternative “Parley Ocean Plastic” – a game-changing fiber from intercepted and upcycled marine plastic debris, and has collaborated with brands like Adidas, Stella McCartney, American Express and Corona to set up new industry standards. These type of breakthroughs are needed to free the world from toxic plastics.
Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, while arguing that plastic waste management brings a unique cross-cutting opportunity to contribute towards 14 of the 17 SDGs, suggested collaboration with National Mission for Clean Ganga  and Islands for tracing plastics in River Ganga and coastal areas for strengthening plastic waste management.
CEO, NITI Aayog, expressed that the plastic is the classic example of boon turned bane in society. He also advanced that India is a pioneering country for pledging to phase out single-use plastic by 2022. He also highlighted that in the age of technological advancement, innovations shall be the way ahead, and should be promoted while taking care of varied needs of the country.
The dialogue discussed recycling and reuse of plastic products, support for research and innovation to replace single-use plastics, institutional strengthening, public awareness, continued review and improvement of activities and implementation of regulations at regional, national, and international levels.
Ministry of Communications
National Postal Week 9-15 October, 2018 to be celebrated in Maharashtra
More than 50,000 Aadhaar numbers generated by Maharashtra Postal Circle
Marking the World Post Day, Department of Posts is celebrating National Postal Week from 9-15 October, 2018.Addressing a press conference on this occasion, Chief Post Master General, Maharashtra Circle, Shri H. C. Agarwal informed that 1,293 post offices in Maharashtra are working as Aadhaar centres and that they have generated 50,594 individual new Aadhaar numbers and have done more than 4 Lakh updates of Aadhaar numbers. 16 Post offices are working as Post Office Passport Seva Kendras, providing passport-related services.
Shri Agarwal further said that the recently launched India Post Payments Bank has till now opened 78,000 accounts in Maharashtra Circle. Moreover, in order to develop its business, the post office has tied up with Regional Transport Offices , Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited and Maharashtra Police for e-challan payment for traffic rule violations. Annual revenue collected from RTO business is 25 crore rupees and that from MSEDCL is Rs 6-7 Crore.
Core Banking Solutions, ATMs, Core System Integration, Core Insurance Solution and DARPAN-related Technological implementation was done in Maharashtra Circle by Post office.
Maharashtra Postal Circle is organising celebrations during the National Postal Week 2018 in each of its six regions at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Goa as per following programme:
- On 09.10.2018,  Post Forum meetings will be organised within Post Office premises; visit of school children to PostOffices will also be held.
- On 10.10.2018 , Savings Bank Melas/ Camps will be conducted toopen POSB/IPPB accounts, and for facilitating APY, SSY, PMSBY, PMJJY enrolments.
- On 11.10.2018 , Melas, camps, door to doorcampaigns, propagation by audio and visual media will be organized to get new Postal Life Insuranceand Rural Postal Life Insurance Business
- On 12.10.2018 , "My Stamp" facility will be provided inprominent schools and Business Houses
- On 13.10.2018 , interactions will be held with existing andpotential customers to increase Postal Business.
- On 15.10.2018 , visits of school children to postoffices, mail sorting offices and interactions with postmen will be held.
Ministry of Education
Syllabus of JEE and NEET to remain unchanged for the year 2021
The syllabus of JEE and NEET will remain unchanged for the year 2021. However, unlike previous years, this year the candidates will have options to answer the questions in JEE and NEET Examinations.
The syllabus for JEE  to remain same as the previous year. But students will be given choice to answer 75 questions  out of 90 questions . In JEE  2020, there were 75 questions all of which had to be answered by the candidates .
The exact pattern for NEET  2021 is yet to be announced. However, in view of reduction of syllabus by some boards across the country, the NEET  2021 question paper will also have options on the lines of JEE .
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Shri Rattan Lal Kataria Directs Officers of M/o Social Justice & Empowerment for Taking Necessary Steps to Facilitate Vaccination of Senior Citizens
The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Rattan Lal Kataria has issued directions to officers of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for taking necessary steps to facilitate vaccination of senior citizens. Acknowledging and appreciating the message conveyed by the Prime Minister on Tika Utsav, Shri Kataria took the opportunity to highlight the contributions of his Ministry in the last few months towards the welfare of senior citizens.
He informed that the Ministry along with the Health Ministry and All India Institute of Medical Sciences  had issued an advisory to be followed by senior citizens and their caregivers during these precarious times. The advisory charts out a detailed list of do’s and dont’s for senior citizens who are mobile, caregivers of dependent senior citizens, and an advisory for the mental well being of the elderly. Ministry also released an office memorandum charting out a set of instructions and steps which may be taken by NGOs and Regional Resource Training Centres in the Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts/ Old Age Homes/ SC Residential/ Non residential schools/ Hostels.
The Minister also discussed the programmes launched by the government in ensuring a safe ecosystem for the elderly to sustain in these precarious times. Under the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens , a sub-scheme of National Action Plan for Senior Citizens , the Ministry provided financial assistance to, inter alia, Non-Governmental Organisations  for running andmaintenance of Senior Citizen Homes , Continuous Care Homes for Senior Citizens suffering from Dementia/ Alzheimer’s, Homes for 50 elderly women, etc. The Minister focused upon the efforts undertaken under the IPSrC which provides indigent senior citizens with shelter, healthand nutrition in such homes.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on the occasion of Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Kutchi New Year-on Ashadhi Bij my lakhs of wishes to the Kutchi brothers and sisters.
My Ram Ram to the Sturdy and strong Kutchi brothers and sisters who are settled here and abroad, preserving traditional arts and culture of Kutch."